Before you cook or eat fresh fruits and vegetables, you should give them a good scrub first under running water. Instead of buying pricey special "vegetable cleaning gloves" or wasting a ton of paper towels, try a cheaper option that gives you the same thing: exfoliating "bath gloves" that are available in almost any grocery or department store.

Most vegetable cleaning gloves will set you back around $10 (more if you buy them in a department or kitchen store, as much as $20), but the same product, just branded for use in the shower or bath, are much cheaper, around $2 each online, and the ones I've seen at my local supermarket are around $5. (Just steer clear of the fancy branded ones, they can get much more expensive.) They're both just rough enough to scrub down fruits and vegetables without damaging them, and they can be tossed in the washer or dishwasher for cleaning.

Just using the gloves is an easy and fast way to prep your fruits and veggies to eat, but there's no reason to pay more for the ones branded for kitchen use. As long as you don't use your veggie gloves in the shower, you'll be okay.